[GHC] #8648: Initialization of C statics broken in threaded runtime

[GHC]

#8648: Initialization of C statics broken in threaded runtime
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        Reporter:  edsko             |            Owner:  simonmar
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Runtime System    |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
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Comment (by duncan):

 Also note that it works when the `static-value` package is built as a
 dynamic lib and the top level exe uses dynamic libs.

 So what it looks like is that the ghci linker is not zeroing the memory
 allocated for the zero-init section from the object files.

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